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MSc Economics

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    MSc 1 year full-time

Course Description

Develop your understanding of the core tools and approaches needed to be a professional economist or to progress to doctoral study.

Our MSc in Economics will provide you with rigorous training in the three main strands of economics:

  • microeconomics
  • macroeconomics
  • econometrics

Alongside these core topics, you will be able to explore specialist areas to enhance your skills around your interests and career aspirations. These include:

  • macroeconomic or public policy economics
  • banking
  • investment decision-making
  • environmental and behavioural economics
  • machine learning methods in economics

Entry Requirements

You should have a bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above.

To apply for this course, you should have an undergraduate degree in either economics, business or an appropriate quantitative subject such as engineering, computer science, mathematics or physics.

You are also expected to have obtained good marks in at least five core economics units comprising macroeconomics, microeconomics and econometrics (or statistics). These may be complemented by quantitative units such as calculus, probability, data analysis, game theory, operational research or financial engineering. The units should preferably have been taken in your final two years of study.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and abilities required to secure work as a professional economist in government, research units or commercial enterprises. It also provides suitable preparation for doctoral study and future careers in academia.

Recent graduates have gone on to work in a number of different roles within economics across the world. These include:

  • Principal Case Officer, Competition and Markets Authority (UK)
  • Economic Advisor, Department for Education (UK)
  • Chief Analyst, Enterprise Lithuania
  • Senior Tax Consultant, KPMG (Kazakhstan)
  • Investment Manager, private equity company (Czech Republic)
  • Director, Regional Sector Research, Emirates NBD Global Markets and Treasury Department (United Arab Emirates)

Module Details

Semester 1

Compulsory units

  • Econometrics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics

Semester 2

You’ll choose 20 credits of optional units.

Compulsory units

  • Advanced economic theory

Optional units

  • Behavioural economics
  • Economics of banking and financial institutions
  • Economics of politics
  • Environmental and natural resource economics
  • Financial econometrics
  • Introduction to programming and machine learning applications in economics and finance
  • Investment banking
  • Macroeconomic policy and institutions
  • Public policy analysis

Summer

  • Masters dissertation
  • Practice track

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